According to the DM: However, Chelsea was quizzed over how she felt when Kavanaugh mentioned her family's name during his opening statement to senators.

'I thought oh, my gosh, we loom so much larger in your mind than you loom, at least in mine,' she responded.

'I don't think I heard his name until he was nominated weeks ago.'

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In his opening comments before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh described the sex assault claims against him as 'a calculated and orchestrated political hit.'

He said the allegations were 'fueled with apparent pent-up rage about President Trump and the 2016 election, concern that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, vengeance on behalf of the Clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing resistance groups'.

As a young lawyer, Kavanaugh played a key role in Kenneth Starr's team which investigated Clinton over his alleged affairs.

Broaddrick accused the Democrats of a 'double standard' for disregarding her case

Kavanaugh was a key member of the team that questioned Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, and suggested asking the questions which saw him impeached

It was Kavanaugh that prompted Starr to ask Clinton questions about the specific type of his sexual relationship with Lewinsky, which ultimately provided grounds for his impeachment after he was exposed to have lied under oath.

But despite Kavanaugh alluding to this history in his remarks, Chelsea was not confronted over it.

Bill Clinton remains a loved figure in Democrat circles, even as the MeToo movement seeks to expose and bring down powerful figures accused of abusing women.

Clinton then pivoted her return to accuse Kavanaugh of partisanship, saying: 'I think the principle of judicial review being absent of partisanship is still really important.

'If he had gone after President Bush's family or President Reagan's I would feel the same way. I just don't think that's healthy as a dynamic on the Supreme Court.'

Clinton also found a few minutes to take the high-road on President Trump, who mocked Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford at a rally this week.

She said: 'I hope this isn't an old fashioned belief, but I don't think the President should be mocking anyone.

'I don't think he should be mocking Dr Ford, I don't think he should be mocking a Gold Star family, I don't think he should be mocking a disabled reporter.

'I just don't think that is behavior that is becoming of our President.'